Media Research Center

05/11/2013

Call for papers and panels for CEECOM2014 Wroclaw Conference is now open!

On June 12-14, 2014, Polish Communication Association and the University of Wrocław in collaboration with the Central and East-European Network at ECREA organises the 7th International Conference on Media in Central and Eastern Europe entitled "Changing Media and Democracy: 25 Years of Media Freedom...

05/11/2013

VIDEO [in English]: Prof. Zygmunt Bauman, one of the most prominent social thinkers and researchers of postmodernity, held a public lecture at VMU Great Hall on Wednesday 30 October. The lecture, entitled Moral Sensitivity in the Age of Uncertainty". During his lecture, the esteemed sociologist held a discussion with philosopher, Member of European Parliament, VMU Professor Leonidas Donskis.

2013-11-0530 Spalio 30 d. universitete viešą paskaitą skaitė profesorius Zygmuntas Baumanas – VDU garbės daktaras, vienas svarbiausių pasaulio socialinių mąstytojų ir postmodernizmo tyrinėtojų. Kviečiame žiūrėti paskaitos vaizdo įrašą, kurį parengė Kristijonas Jakubsonas ([email protected]...

27/09/2013

Inesa Birbilaitė, Lecturer at the Public Communications Department, Vytautas Magnus University (VMU), will defend her doctoral dissertation with the title “Manifestations of deliberative democracy online: measuring quality of global public discussions on climate change on Facebook” (Supervisor of t...

30/04/2013

CEECOM 2013 Conference Keynote Speech! Paolo Mancini: Between Political Pluralism, Complexity and Polarization.

Paolo Mancini is Professor at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Perugia, Italy. Here is the keynote speech he gave at the 6th International Con...

30/04/2013

CEECOM 2013 Conference Keynote Speech! Owen V. Johnson: Thoughts on Journalism Professionalism in the US and CEE.

Owen V. Johnson is Professor at the School of Journalism, Indiana University, USA. Here is the keynote speech he gave at the 6th International Conference on ...

30/04/2013

CEECOM 2013 Conference Keynote Speech! T. Hanitzsch: Journalism Cultures in Bulgaria, Romania, and Russia: Between the East and the West.

Thomas Hanitzsch is Professor at the Institute of Communication Studies and Media Research, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Germany. Here is the key...

19/04/2013

Join the CEECOM 2013 Kaunas Conference page: http://www.facebook.com/Ceecom2013Kaunas!

6th International Conference on Media in CEE "Liquidity, Fragmentation and Individualization in the

05/04/2013

CEECOM2013 Conference in Kaunas is already less than in a month! Online registration will be open till April 14, 2013:
http://www.ceecom2013kaunas.lt/?q=registration.

CEECOM2013 Conference in Kaunas will allow only registered participants. You will be able to fill in the online registration form on the conference website as soon as it will be open on 18 March, 2013 but no later than 14 April, 2013. Early registration is strongly encouraged!

18/03/2013

Preliminary program of the CEECOM2013 Conference in Kaunas announced! Around 100 participants from 19 European countries and USA, 5 keynotes, 3 special panels and 12 parallel sessions with over 60 presentations! Registration to the conference is open till 14 April, 2013: http://www.ceecom2013kaunas.lt/?q=online-registration-form.

Chair: Aušra Vinciūnienė, Head of the Department of Public Communications, VMU Welcome speeches by Šarūnas Liekis, Dean of the Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy, VMU andAuksė Balčytienė, ECREA CEE Network Chair, CEECOM Scientific Board Representative, Vice-Rector at VMU

04/02/2013

10 days till the deadline and keynotes announced! Only 10 days remaining to submit your abstracts for paper/panel proposals online! We can also now proudly confirm that CEECOM2013 Kaunas will have 5 great keynote speeches delivered by professors Peter Gross (USA), Paulo Mancini (Italy), Owen V. Johnson (USA), Thomas Hanitzsch (Germany) and Aniko Imre (USA).

Keynote speech: "Different Paths to the Same Destination: Thoughts on Journalism Professionalism in the United States and Central and Eastern Europe"

18/01/2013

3 issues of "Media Transformations" journal published in 2012!

In 2012, three issues of "Media Transformations" journal were published by the Media Research Center and the Public Communications Department at VMU. The Vol. 6 of the "Media Transformations" journal is dedicated to the 20 years of BAMR (Baltic Association for Media Research) and is entitled "Baltic...